Kinematic indicators and mineralization on the Elgoibar faul (Basque-Cantabrian Basin)

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The Elgoibar fault is interpreted the western prolongation of the Leitza fault, wich has been usually considered the boundary between Iberia and Europe plates. Based on new structural data from a mineralized fault zone near Elgoibar, sinistral strike-slip faulting and synkinematic hydrothermal mineralization are inferred. Although no dating is presently available, several regional suggest a probable Late Albian-Late Cretaceous age, i.e. syn-drift of Iberia, for the tectonic and mineralizing episode
La falla de Elgoibar se localiza en la prolongación occidental de la falla de Leitza, la cual ha sido considerada habitualmente como el límite entre las placas ibérica y europea. Basándose en nuevos datos estructurales procedentes de la zona de falla mineralizada próxima a Elgoibar, se ha deducido un faUamiento de desgarre senestro y una mineralización hidrotermal sincinemática. Si bien actua.lmente.no se dispone de dataciones, diversos criterios sugieren una edad probable Albiense superior-Cretádco superior (sin-deriva de iberia) para el episodio tectónico y mineralizados

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